A newly surfaced letter has brought to light King Charles’ profound emotions following the death of Princess Diana. The handwritten letter, addressed to a friend named Peter, reveals the then-Prince’s struggle with “unbearable emptiness” nearly four months after Diana’s tragic passing.
The three-page letter, written on Highgrove House letterhead and dated December 8, 1997, was signed simply as “Charles” and delivered “by hand” to his friend, whose exact identity remains a mystery among royal experts. The letter recently appeared at an auction in Boston with a starting bid of $2,000, as reported by the Daily Mail.
A spokesperson for RR Auction commented on the letter, saying, “This lengthy handwritten letter to ‘Peter’ expresses his sympathy upon the death of a loved one,” adding, “Charles was likely particularly emotional at the time he wrote the letter, as Princess Diana had tragically passed away just a few months before in August 1997.”
The full content of the letter reveals Charles’ deep empathy and sorrow:
“I have been thinking so much of you yesterday and today, knowing how deeply you will be affected by yesterday’s tragic news about dear Liz. My heart bleeds for you as I can imagine so well the utter agony and despair you must have gone through during all these heart-rendering months that you have known about Liz’s illness.”
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“All of us who know you—and are so fond you both—have felt the agony in a far lesser way of course, but have longed to wave a magic wand to transform the situation. I often think that that is the worst part of all—being unable to help in any constructive way except to say constant prayers in the background & to try and surround you both with love & affection & concern.”
“I can so well imagine the unbearable emptiness you must feel at this time; the sense of bewilderment & confusion that accompanies the removal of someone still so young from this world. Personally, I believe that there is another dimension beyond this physical one & that we will be amazed to discover it for ourselves when we are eventually—or at a moment—called upon to make that certain journey for ourselves.”
“As it says in the Bible — ‘Now we see through a glass darkly, but then face to face’. I can’t tell you how pleased & happy I am to have known Liz. She was such a great life-enhancer. We shall all have such special memories of her but, above all, Peter, we mind about you & you are so very much in my thoughts and prayers at this most anguishing of times.”
“I thought you might just find a very small speck of comfort from this short piece of profoundly wise verse by William Blake and, together with this, I enclose a few ‘Highgrove things’ as a token of immense, affectionate sympathy.”
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